" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers to first volume, pictorial dust-wrappers. A well-read duo with some occasional marks and thumbing within, owners inscription to each, covers moderately handled, fragile jackets with some chips and tears. Remains presentable. A uniform pair of Rackham's only 'silhouette' titles. Item #59230
Price: £675.00